>xBase has always been an also ran language as far as market size is concerned.

That's just the nature of being a database language. However, it did used to be the premier database language. Now that's VB.

>The evolution of GW and M BASIC into Visual BASIC was an evolutionary process.

I can't agree with that at all. VB was not only revolutionary for Basic (objects, events), but for computing as a whole.

I think the rest of your remarks make good sense, as usual.